Tax Probe
Spanish tax office demands "Football Leaks" documents

Ronaldo insists he has complied with Spanish and British fiscal requirements

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Spain's tax office has ordered daily newspaper El Mundo to hand over documents related to its probe into alleged massive football fraud involving top players, the paper said Tuesday.

The paper is part of a group of 12 European news outlets that began publishing on December 2 the results of months of investigations into a vast trove of more than 18 million financial documents, obtained by the German magazine Der Spiegel and dubbed the "Football Leaks".

The probe has centred on current and former players of the Spanish league such as Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo, who won his fourth Ballon d'Or on Monday, and Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho, formerly of Real.